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Historical Event on 5/1/1993
Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1911 | K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
| 8/3/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal. |
| 9/4/1862 | Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 12/4/1999 | A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord. |
| 7/26/1956 | Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died. |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 11/9/1977 | Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away. |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 12/28/1981 | Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children. |
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